Restoration and Extension of South African Citizenship Act, 1993

Restoration and Extension of South African Citizenship Act No. 196 of 1993
Parliament of South Africa
Long title To provide for the restoration and extension of South African citizenship to certain citizens of the Republics of Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda and Ciskei with effect from 1 January 1994; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Enacted by	Parliament of South Africa
Assented to	22 December 1993
Commenced	1 January 1994
Repealed by
South African Citizenship Act, 1995
Status: Repealed

The Restoration and Extension of South African Citizenship Act (Act No. 196 of 1993) was a naturalisation law passed during the at the end of apartheid era of South Africa in 1993 and prior to first election in 1994. It restored South African citizenship rights to black South African's lost with the creation of four independent "homelands" or Bantustans.